Turn tracked sessions into records you can review responsibly
ZMorning organizes desktop tracking into ten-minute slots. Each slot can carry minute-level keyboard and
mouse counts, screenshots, and task context, while manual time fills gaps without inventing activity.
Today brings those records together for the selected employee and date.
What does ZMorning record during a tracked session?
Time is stored in ten-minute slots for the selected employer and task. Keyboard-hit counts,
mouse-click counts, and screenshots are added only when the employer's settings enable them. These records show
activity volume and visual context; they do not explain intent or measure the quality of the work by themselves.
Understand the parts of a work record
Ten-minute time slot
The basic recorded-time unit on Today. Every stored slot contributes ten minutes to daily and weekly totals.
Minute activity counts
Keyboard hits and mouse clicks are counted by minute when their individual settings are enabled. ZMorning does not record the text that was typed.
Screenshot context
When screenshot tracking is enabled, the desktop app schedules a capture at a randomized point within each active ten-minute interval.
Follow the record from settings to review
1
Set and communicate tracking preferences
In the manager view, shown as Client in ZMorning, review screenshot, keyboard-hit-count,
and mouse-click-count settings for the employee. Tell the employee what is enabled before tracking begins.
2
Start the correct desktop session
The employee chooses the employer and task, then selects Start. The desktop app loads
that employer's current settings. With multiple displays, the employee also chooses all monitors or
the active monitor for that session.
3
Record and synchronize
While the session runs, the desktop app records activity minutes and captures enabled screenshots.
Failed uploads enter local pending queues and are retried after the connection returns.
4
Review the selected day on Today
Choose the employee and date, then review totals, hourly groups, ten-minute slot cards, activity
segments, screenshots, task details, and manual-time records.
5
Correct the record carefully
Add manual time for genuinely missing work, or use the slot Delete control in the employee view,
shown as Employee in ZMorning, when an
entire ten-minute record should be removed. Review permanent changes before confirming them.
Read records on Today
Manager view, shown as Client in ZMorning
Review linked employees
Select or search for an employee and choose a work date.
Review recorded time, estimated earnings, activity, screenshots, and tasks.
Add manual time for the selected employee.
Use eligible Pro storage controls when Dropbox or Google Drive is connected.
Employee view, shown as Employee in ZMorning
Review and correct your own day
Review only your own records for the selected employer and date.
Add manual time for yourself.
Delete your own individual ten-minute slots.
Cannot switch Today to another employee.
Interpret ten-minute slots carefully
Green minute segment
At least one keyboard hit or mouse click was recorded for that minute.
Gray minute segment
No enabled keyboard or mouse input was recorded for that minute. It does not prove that no work occurred.
Screenshot thumbnail
An image is available through ZMorning's regular screenshot preview.
Dropbox or Google Drive placeholder
The screenshot record uses connected private storage, so Today identifies the provider instead of displaying the image.
Manually Added
The slot came from the manual-time form. It contributes ten minutes without automatic input activity or a captured screenshot.
Task detail
The slot is connected to the task selected when tracking started. Manual time has no task name to show.
Understand screenshot capture choices
One display
Capture uses the available monitor
The desktop app starts without asking for a multi-monitor capture choice.
Multiple displays
Choose the capture scope at Start
Select All monitors to capture every display or Active monitor only to capture the display ZMorning determines is active at capture time.
Know what corrections change
Add manual time
Create missing slots
The selected range is expanded to ten-minute boundaries and rejected if any resulting slot overlaps existing time.
Delete a slot
Remove the complete record
The employee view, shown as Employee in ZMorning, can permanently remove the ten-minute slot, its activity rows, and every screenshot attached to it.
Change tracker settings
Affect later sessions
New settings load when tracking starts. Turning a setting off does not erase records captured earlier.
Activity & Screenshots guides
Start with Today, then use the focused guides for correction, interpretation, capture, and removal.
